
resource database: Ethical volunteering
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White Savior Complex / White Gaze

ARTICLES
Confronting the White Elephant: International Volunteering and Racial (Dis)advantage
De- Constructing the ‘White Saviour Syndrome’: A Manifestation of Neo- Imperialism
INGOs can help dismantle development's 'white gaze,' PopWorks Africa founder says
The aid sector must do more to tackle its white supremacy problem
Whiteness in Transit: The Racialised Geographies of International Volunteering
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